Plasmonic metallic nanostructures for efficient absorption enhancement in ultrathin CdTe-based photovoltaic cells

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 46, 2010, Pages

  Gu, Qilin ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION ENHANCEMENT; BROADBAND ABSORPTION; CDTE; CDTE LAYERS; CDTE SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRIC FIELD ENHANCEMENT; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURE; NANODISCS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION; PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PLASMONIC; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; ULTRA-THIN;

ABSORPTION; CADMIUM ALLOYS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; PHOTONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMONS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78650167289     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/43/46/465101     Document Type: Article

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